The field accounts for about 40% of the natural gas reserves on the Norwegian continental shelf and meets about 7-8% of Europe's consumption. Norway is Europe's second largest gas supplier after Russia

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has asked his government to proceed with negotiations to set out the commercial and fiscal framework for the LNG project, Equinor, a majority state-owned energy company formerly known as Statoil, said

The project, which would be the country's first offshore wind farm, is called Havsul 1 and was fully licensed by Norwegian energy regulators in 2009 before being abandoned in 2012 due to profitability concerns and insufficient subsidies

The chief executive of Storebrand, Jan Erik Saugestad, said Thursday that continued expansion of coal mines and support of coal-fired power has no future if the world wants to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius

China and Norway agreed to resume full diplomatic relations in 2016 following a row over the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarding its Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo in 2010. Liu died last year while still in Chinese custody